The Holy Empire of Pedra Roxa is a large, orderly nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, triple-decker prams, and ban on automobiles. The cynical, devout population of 109 million Pedra Roxans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 40.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Pedra Roxan economy, worth 6.98 trillion Bananas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 64,063 Bananas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The existence of external reality is tacitly denied, the nation's most "productive" diamond mine hasn't been operational for seven months, the justice of Pedra Roxa is considered superior to that of other nations, and crime suspects are forced to submit to blood testing. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pedra Roxa's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pedra Roxa is ranked 318,957^th in the world and 957^th in Concord for Largest Black Market, with 3.00 billion Standard Monetary Units.